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1 online resource |
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Intro -- Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Its Future Management -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author biographies -- Preface -- What is this book about? -- The Murray-Darling Basin -- Major questions for this book -- The Murray-Darling Basin system -- Introduction to the Murray-Darling Basin system, Australia -- Section 1: Rural communities and water-related assets -- Section 2: Policy and management of the MDB -- Section 3: Climate change impacts in the MDB -- Section 4: Policy and management responses to other future challenges |
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The way forward: Continuing policy and management reforms in the MDB -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Murray-Darling Basin system, Australia -- Introduction -- Government and governance -- Australia's federal government system -- Governance of the MDB -- The system -- General -- Water resources -- Land use -- Economy -- Basin communities -- Aboriginal communities -- Environment -- Recent water reforms -- Water Act (2007) -- Water recovery programme -- Purchase of water entitlements -- Subsidies for irrigation efficiency -- Basin Plan (2012) -- Long-term average SDLs |
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Basin-wide environmental watering strategy -- Water quality and salinity management plan -- Water trading rules -- Water resource plans -- Monitoring and evaluation -- Implementation of the Basin Plan -- Environmental conditions -- Social and economic conditions -- Conclusions -- References -- Section 1: Rural communities and water-related assets -- Chapter 2: Rural and regional communities of the Murray-Darling Basin -- Introduction -- Settlement of the MDB -- The push for irrigation -- Constraints on irrigated agriculture -- Summary -- Changes in the social and economic conditions in the MDB |
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Population -- Employment -- Economic activity -- Community wellbeing -- Impacts of Basin water reform on rural communities -- Irrigators -- Communities -- Environment -- Supporting rural and regional communities undergoing change -- Drivers of change in rural and regional communities -- Capacity to adapt to changes -- Supporting structural adjustment -- References -- Chapter 3: Hydrology of the Murray-Darling Basin -- Introduction -- Overview of the Murray-Darling Basin -- Natural hydrological characteristics -- Basin development -- Environmental water management -- Streamflow regimes |
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Natural characteristics -- Impacts of Basin development on flow regimes -- Management and restoration of flow regimes -- Lateral connectivity -- Natural characteristics -- Impact of Basin development on lateral connectivity -- Management and restoration of lateral connectivity -- Vertical hydrological connectivity -- Natural characteristics -- Impact of Basin development on vertical connectivity -- Management and restoration of vertical connectivity -- Longitudinal hydrological connectivity -- Natural characteristics -- Impacts of Basin development on longitudinal connectivity |
| Subject |
Watershed management -- Australia
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Watersheds -- Australia.
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Watershed management
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Watersheds
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Byron, Neil
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Bond, Nick
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Pollino, Carmel
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Stewardson, Michael
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| ISBN |
9780128181539 |
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0128181532 |
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